The only difference I can see between the original man-stealer, who caught the African in his native country, and the American slaveholder, is, that the former committed one act of robbery, while the other perpetrates the same crime continually.
Grimké compares the actions of slaveholders to those of original man-stealers, highlighting a continuous crime.
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The great fundamental principle of Abolitionists is, that man cannot rightfully hold his fellow man as property.
Instead of being in love with the virtue exhibited by the individual, because it is virtue, he is delighted with the personal convenience he experiences from the exercise of that virtue.
The laws greatly obstruct the manumission of slaves, even where the master is willing to enfranchise them.
What dost thou mean by saying, her rights are the gifts of honor, rectitude and love?